48 Lieut.-Colonel C. T. Bingham on 
Belonogaster juncea, Fabr. 
Vespa juncea, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. (1781) p. 468; Gmelin, Linn. Syst. 
Nat. ed. xiii. (1790) p. 2754. 
Rhaphigaster junceus, Sauss. Etud. Fam, Vesp. ii. (1853) p. 14, 
pl. ii. fig. 2. 
Belonogaster junceus, Gerst. Pet. Reise n. Mossamb., Zool. vy. (1862) 
p. 468; Magr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxii. (1884) p. 599. 
Twenty-one workers, Durban (Loss & Distant); Barberton 
(Distant & Rendall) ; Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Rendall). 
Genus IcariA, Sauss. 
Icaria clavata, Sauss. 
Icaria clavata, Sauss. Etud. Fam. Vesp. ii. (1853) p. 40, 
A solitary % from Durban. 
Icaria cincta, Lepel. 
Epipona cincta, Lepel. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. i. (1836) p. 541. 
Icaria cincta, Sauss. Etud. Fam. Vesp. ii. (1853) p. 39, pl. v. fig. 9; 
Gerst. v. d. Decken’s Reise in Ost-Afr. (1873) p. 524. 
A solitary rather small specimen of var. A (Saussure) of 
the insect from Waterval-onder (Distant). 
Genus Po.isres, Latr. 
Polistes maculipennis, Sauss. 
Polistes maculipennis, Sauss. Etud. Fam. Vesp. ii. (1858) p. 61, pl. vi. 
fie. 4. 
Five workers, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Rendall). 
Polistes marginalis, Fabr. 
Vespa marginalis, Faby. Syst. Ent. (1775) p. 367. 
Polistes marginalis, Faby. Syst. Piez. (1804) p. 272; Sauss. Etud. Fam. 
Vesp. ii. (1853) p. 62, pl. vi. fig. 2; Gerst. v. d. Decken’s Reise in 
Ost-Afr. (1873) p. 325; Grib. Amn. Mus, Ciy. Gen, xvi. (1881) 
p. 238. 
Polistes africana, Pal. Beauv. Ins. Afr. et Amér, (1821) p. 207, Hym. 
pl. vill. fig. 4. 
Hight workers, Pretoria (Distant) ; Zoutpansberg (Kess- 
ner) ; Durban (A. Loss). 
Polistes Smithi, Sauss. 
Polistes Smithi, Sauss. Etud. Fam. Vesp. ii. (1853) p. 60, pl. vil. fie. 3; 
Gerst. Peters’s Reise n. Mossamb., Zool. vy. (1862) p. 470; Grib. Ann. 
Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. (1884) p. 287; Sauss. Grand. Hist. Madagase. 
xx. pt. i, (1891) p. 146. 
Three workers, Pretoria (Distant). 
